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Show FEHERAL EU1L0ING . I FOR EPHPAIM, A bill was intrndu'.-.;d in the House vi R -11'estfntativeo Julv 29 by Congress-1 ' man Jac b Johnson, to pruvirle for tre 1 ) urchase of a f ite and the erection ( inerc-on of a Fcdtral builtli.ig at Eph-r Eph-r n', Sanpete county, to cost $55,1X10. C .nrext of the bill rea'ls: "B it enacted by the S nate and House i.f Representatives uf the United ! States of America in conr. ss assem-1 bled, That the secretary r f ihe treasury treas-ury be, a :d he is hereby, authorized J and directed to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, a suitable site upon which to erect a public building at the city of Ephraim, in Sanpete county, in the state of Utah, said building to be used by the United States as a postoffice, i o'fices for its forest service, and such o h -r governmental purposes as may b determined upon, said building site at d the title thereto to be approved by the secretary of the tr:asury; the co-t of said site, with good and sufficient title thereto, Bhall not exceed the sum of $5,000. "Sec. 2 That so soon as tha secretary secre-tary of the treasury shall have selected said site and approved of the title thereto there-to in the United States, he shall cause to be erected and constructed thereon a suitable building, including such fireproof fire-proof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approac les as he may deem necessary, and upon such plans and specifications as he may determine. Said building to be U3ed by the United States for a postoffi.e, its forest service an J such other governmental purposes as may from time to time be determined determin-ed upon; provided, that said building with its appurtenances shall not excetd 11 cost the sum of $50,000. '-Vc. 3. That the sum of $55,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby r, pi'ropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carry-into carry-into effect the provisions of this act. " |